America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta.

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Map shows known geography and settlements in early seventeenth century North and South America. Insets: "Golfo Mexi Cano," "Haiti nunc Hispaniola," and "Cuba." No scale indicated.

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1 map : col. ; 36 x 45 cm.

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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594 1609.

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  • Main Title: America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta.
  • Parallel Title: America, or, The New India : Gerard Mercator, the great grandfather of reduction into a compendium of universal imitation.

Description

Map shows known geography and settlements in early seventeenth century North and South America. Insets: "Golfo Mexi Cano," "Haiti nunc Hispaniola," and "Cuba." No scale indicated.

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1 map : col. ; 36 x 45 cm.

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Appears in: Gerhard Mercator's Atlas sive cosmographicae meditaciones de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. French Ed.

Text on verso: "L'Ameriqve" [The Americas].

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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta., map, 1609; [Amsterodami]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth231241/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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